fixed

my coldframe. A temporary repair. 

All the boards across the back are rotting, so it was loose and wouldn't support the window lid when propped open. (That's what I get for leaving it outside in the weather all winter).

I just took off the top horizontal board, and the top half of the backstops/verticals. I thought there was not enough solid wood on the ends of the side boards for the screws to bite in again, but they're holding fine.

Put new vertical backstops on,

and now it is serviceable again.

Well, there is a gap on the back under the top board- I plugged it with a small plastic pane and a piece of foam. It will probably make it through this spring, then I have to replace more pieces or rebuild the whole thing entirely.

Not bad that this thing has held up for seven years! with one paint job halfway through. And I didn't buy a thing this time- leftover wood from other projects, tools we had on hand, even reused a few screws that came out of the rotted wood. Though my husband says when I really need to rebuild it, we'll go buy new, properly treated lumber to last longer.